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| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | WLS AM | Chicago accepting nominations for official Christmas tree to light up Millennium Park | https://www.wlsam.com/2026/10/02/chicago-accepting-nominations-for-official-christmas-tree-to-light-up-millennium-park/ | You may be able to help spread some holiday cheer. The city of Chicago is searching for this year’s Christmas tree. You can apply if you have a tree at least 45 feet tall and it’s located within 50 miles of Chicago. It has to be sturdy like a fir … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | WLS AM | Bears Minority Owner, NFL Commish, Meet with Pritzker | https://www.wlsam.com/2026/10/02/bears-minority-owner-meets-with-pritzker/ | (CHICAGO) — A minority owner of the Chicago Bears and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell met with Gov. JB Pritzker and top legislative leaders on Thursday. The meeting comes as the Bears continue to explore two sites in Hammond, Indiana as possible options for a new stadium. Pritzker telling Capitol News … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | WLS AM | White Sox-Guardians AL Division Series begins Saturday | https://www.wlsam.com/2026/10/02/white-sox-guardians-al-division-series-begins-saturday/ | Thirteen games across four nail-biting series weren’t enough. The Guardians and White Sox will meet again, and the stakes are higher than ever. The [ White Sox beat the Astros, 7-3 ][1] , in Game 2 of the AL Wild Card Series on Wednesday, to advance to the best-of-five Division … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | NBC Local | Police investigate hazing at Wisconsin frat house after men found in basement, covered in food | https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/police-investigating-for-hazing-after-men-covered-in-food-found-in-wisconsin-fraternity/3995319/ | Police are investigating suspected hazing after about 30 partially-clothed young men covered in food, condiments and other liquids were found in the basement of a fraternity house near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus last month. Madison police said some of the men, who they described as pledges to the fraternity, … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Chicago woman attacked, robbed after suspects followed her onto CTA train, police say | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-woman-attacked-robbed-after-suspects-followed-her-onto-cta-train-police-say | #### The Brief * * Chicago police are searching for three suspects accused of attacking a 31-year-old woman and stealing her personal property after following her onto a southbound CTA train. * Police said the altercation began on a CTA platform in the 200 block of S. State Street around … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Hollywood Beach water rescue leaves 1 in serious condition, Chicago fire officials say | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/hollywood-beach-water-rescue-leaves-1-serious-condition-chicago-fire-officials-say | #### The Brief * * One person was rescued from Lake Michigan near Hollywood Beach around 10 a.m. Friday after the Chicago Fire Department responded to a report of a person in the water. * CFD divers located the victim, who was taken to an area hospital in serious to … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Driver dies after cardiac event leads to crash at Zion forest preserve, coroner says | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/driver-dies-after-cardiac-event-leads-crash-zion-forest-preserve-coroner-says | #### The Brief * * A 49-year-old Streamwood man died after his vehicle left the roadway and crashed into the Van Patten Woods Forest Preserve in unincorporated Zion. * The driver was identified as Arkadius Knych, who was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Lake County Coroner's Office. … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Fox Chicago | Chicago man charged with attempted murder in July West Side shooting | http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-july-west-side-shooting | #### The Brief * * Emara William, 35, was charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection with a July shooting on Chicago's West Side. * Police said William was arrested Thursday after being identified as the suspect in the July 17 shooting, which seriously injured a 29-year-old man. * Authorities … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Columbia Chronicle | Chronversations with Cameron Johnson: Acoustic Kitchen | https://columbiachronicle.com/multimedia/podcasts/chronversations-with-cameron-johnson-acoustic-kitchen/ | David Dolak discusses Acoustic Kitchen and the importance of putting a spotlight on student work. ### Transcript: 0:05: Welcome back to Chronversations. 0:07: I’m your host, Cameron Johnson. 0:09: This past Tuesday kicked off the first Acoustic Kitchen of the year. 0:13: Acoustic Kitchen is an open mic specifically designed … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Columbia Chronicle | Creative Writing Series ‘Shocks into Writerly Awareness’ | https://columbiachronicle.com/campus/creative-writing-series-shocks-into-writerly-awareness/ | ![1COVER_APPROVED_IMG_5883][1] Gallery 3 Photos [ Kameron Clepper ][2] Lisa Fishman reads her debut novel "Write Back Now!," during the Efroymson Creative Writing Reading Series to students at Columbia College, on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. Samantha Schaefer’s poems don’t always appear on paper. Some of them are written on animal bones. … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Columbia Chronicle | Review: ‘Primetime’ tells a fictional story rather than the true reality. | https://columbiachronicle.com/arts-culture/review-primetime-tells-a-fictional-story-rather-than-the-true-reality/ | The suspense film “Primetime” takes viewers behind the scenes of a world they may think they already know. The film brings suspense, dark moments and 2000s nostalgia, but leaves viewers wishing there was a little bit more to see. Directed by Lance Oppenheim, “Primetime” is a dramatized look at the … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn, coaches who shaped each other, meet Sunday | https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/10/02/bears-lions-coach-ben-johnson-aaron-glenn-sunday-soldier-field-shape-each-other-dan-campbell-nfl | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][17] * [ Facebook ][18] * [ Bluesky ][19] * [ Email ][20] * [ Reddit ][21] * [ Flipboard ][22] [ Bears ][23] coach Ben Johnson is always just off the boil, a seething, simmering study in intensity that … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | South Shore shooting leaves man, 23, dead | https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/10/02/south-shore-shooting-leaves-man-23-dead | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][9] * [ Facebook ][10] * [ Bluesky ][11] * [ Email ][12] * [ Reddit ][13] * [ Flipboard ][14] A morning shooting in the South Shore neighborhood has left a 23-year-old man dead Friday. The attack erupted at … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Chicago Sun-Times | Man, 18, gunned down in Englewood | https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/10/02/man-18-gunned-down-in-englewood | * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][1] * [ Facebook ][2] * [ Bluesky ][3] * [ Email ][4] * [ Reddit ][5] * [ Flipboard ][6] A Friday morning shooting attack has left an 18-year-old man dead in Englewood. The 18-year-old was found unresponsive suffering … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Chicago Reader | I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguireexamines teenage angst and celebrity worship | https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/theater/theater-review/im-gonna-marry-you-tobey-maguire-refracted-theatre-company/ | Refracted Theatre Company kicks off its season with the local premiere of Samantha Hurley’s 2023 dark comedy, _I’m Gonna Marry You Tobey Maguire_ , directed by Tyler Struble. It’s 2004, and socially awkward teenager Shelby Hinkley (Alex O’Shea), president of the Tobey Maguire fan club, has kidnapped her idol and … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Chicago Reader | Operation Mincemeatis a triumph of style, wit, and heart | https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/theater/theater-review/operation-mincemeat-broadway-in-chicago/ | Even before the 2021 film of the same title, the musical _Operation Mincemeat_ was giving its own madcap spin to the 1943 British undercover operation that became a textbook case for military deception and misdirection. Creators David Cumming, Felix Hagan, Natasha Hodgson, and Zoë Roberts first premiered the show in … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Chicago Reader | Topdog/Underdogreturns to Steppenwolf after 23 years | https://chicagoreader.com/performing-arts/theater/theater-review/topdog-underdog-steppenwolf-theatre-company/ | Back in 2003, Steppenwolf Theatre presented [ the Chicago premiere ][17] of Suzan-Lori Parks’s 2002 Pulitzer Prize–winning _Topdog/Underdog_ , directed by Amy Morton. Since then, there have been numerous revivals at smaller houses, including in 2024 at both [ Gift Theatre ][18] and [ Invictus Theatre ][19] . It’s not … |
| View Article | 11:01 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | Chicago Reader | Holding pattern | https://chicagoreader.com/visual-arts/art-review/long-habits-julius-caesar/ | In “Long Habits,” on view at Julius Caesar, MJ Lounsberry brings together a dynamic web of patterns through works by Barbara Jenkins, Judy Ledgerwood, and Cameron Martin, among others. A metronome beat of cascading stripes filled with crispy brushstrokes, staccato circles forming diamond shapes, and jagged contours containing delicate pinstripes … |
| View Article | 11 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | CBS Local | How and when to watch White Sox vs. Guardians in 2026 American League Division Series | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/how-to-watch-white-sox-game-guardians-2026-alds/ | After sweeping the Astros in the wild card round of the playoffs, the White Sox are preparing to face the division-rival Guardians in the American League Division Series starting this weekend. The series will kick off on Saturday in Cleveland. Major League Baseball has announced the full schedule below. The … |
| View Article | 11 a.m. | October 2, 2026 | CBS Local | Oswego Fire Department clarifies viral ICE incident happened in New York, not Illinois; say they've gotten threats | https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/oswego-fire-department-viral-ice-incident-new-york-not-illinois/ | The Oswego Fire Protection District took to social media to clarify that a viral video of fire fighters and police helping federal immigration agents did not happen in Illinois. The [ standoff ][7] between federal agents and two men at a home in Oswego, New York, happened Wednesday. The two … |